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CLIMB REGISTRATION: You do not have to register for day climbs in Glacier National Park but it is recommended. Backcountry travel regulations can be found at Backcountry Travel. There is also information from the Park Service on Mountain Climbing in Glacier. Registration for climbing Mount Gould can be accomplished at the Logan Pass Visitor’s Center.

As with all hiking and climbing in Glacier National Park use caution and practice good manners with the wildlife. You are in bear country. Carry bear deterrent spray, don’t hike alone and make some noise. For more information please go to the Park's website for Bear Information. The U.S. Forest Service also has helpful information on Grizzly Bear Management.

Vehicle single entry fee for Glacier National Park is $25.00 for 7 Days, $12.00 per person for single hiker, motor biker or bicyclist. An "America The Beautiful Federal Lands Recreational Pass" for goes for $80.00 which gives entrance to all National Parks, National Forests, BLM, US Fish & Wildlife, and Bureau of Reclamation sites for one year from date of purchase. See Plan Your Visit for other information regarding all of the National Park entrance fee information.

If you are planning on visiting Waterton Park make sure you have a passport to simplify crossing the border.

Glacier National Park’s Lincoln Peak is located in Northwest Montana. The locals all say, "Have a nice VISIT in Montana". While you are visiting check out other things to do at Things To Do In The Flathead Valley.

Montana is a long way from most places. That’s why many of us live here.

It is possible to get here by:

By Air: Glacier International Airport serves as the air hub for northwestern Montana. Horizon, Delta Connection and Northwest Airlines service this area.

Rental cars can be secured in the Flathead Valley at and near Glacier International Airport. See Car Rentals in Montana.

In Montana it is said “If you don't like the weather just wait a half hour” or you can check out what’s up with the local weather at Glacier Park Weather.

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Special Considerations: The rock in Glacier Park is widely varied and it is not unusual to find several different types of rock on any given route. Know your rocks and be certain of your safety. J. Gordon Edwards has an excellent section in his guidebook on rock and climbing safety. Be safe and know your limitations as well as those who are climbing with you. Also refer to the following links for further details: GNP Rock and Grading System and the GMS Climbing Guidelines.

GBW Peaks

Summit Name and Location in Colored Zone

Elevation in Feet

Northern Region = Maroon

Central Region = Orange

Southern Region = Red

Great Northern Mountain

8,705

Mount Grant

8,590

Mount Baptiste

8,396

Trilobite Peak

8,245

Red Sky Mountain

8,173

Argosy Mountain

8,155

Mount Liebig

8,057

Felix Peak

7,996

Red Plume Mountain

7,947

Unawah Mountain

7,888

Mount Cameahwait

7,879

Mount Penrose

7,875

Forester Mountain

7,872

Capitol Mountain

7,868

Prospector Peak

7,850

Circus Peak

7,829

Horseshoe Peak

7,774

Nyack Mountain

7,750

Gable Peaks

7,698

Mount Adams

7,690

Shadow Mountain

7,689

Pot Mountain

7,674

Great Bear Mountain

7,668

Devils Hump

7,667

Big Lodge Mountain

7,657

Union Mountain

7,601

Trinity Mountain

7,589

Triangle Peak

7,554

Soakem Mountain

7,534

Snowshed Mountain

7,525

Pyramid Peak

7,399

Elk Mountain

7,389

Twin Peak

7,386

Mount Bradley

7,357

Whitcomb Peak

7,306

Condor Peak

7,266

Wildrose Mountain

7,257

Bent Mountain

7,243

Bent Mountain

7,243

Tent Mountain

7,207

Dry Park Peak

7,196

Hematite Mountain

7,192

Ousel Peak

7,157

Vinegar Mountain

7,131

Spy Mountain

7,096

Chair Mountain

7,063

Arrowhead Mountain

6,915

Java Mountain

6,816

Crossover Mountain

6,624

Helmet Peak

5,619

Beacon Mountain

5,367

Peaks and Planes (The Essex Mishap):

In Montana there are planes and there are mountains. Most of the time mixing the two together results in terrible tragedies. The Essex Mishap is a story of tragedy and amazing survival.

On September 20, 2004 the United States Forest Service chartered Cessna 206 to fly from Glacier Park International Airport, Kalispell, MT, to the Schafer Meadows Airstrip.

Aboard the plane were the pilot and four Forest Service employees. After a protracted delay due to weather the flight through the Flathead Valley to West Glacier, Montana was uneventful. Upon reaching the Middle Fork of the Flathead River the flight plan called for following U.S. Highway 2 to near Essex and then continue up the Middle Fork to the Schaffer Airstrip. This was done due to poor weather conditions with low clouds and intermixed sunshine and clouds.

For some reason the plane flew up the Tunnel Creek drainage which was about 5 miles north-northwest of the next point to begin the leg to Schaffer Meadows. According to investigators the plane flew up the drainage and impacted Liebig Mountain at the 6600-foot level above timberline at the base of a near vertical cliff that extended on up for another 1500 feet. The plane caught fire upon impact.

Upon determination that the plane was overdue a search was launched at 3:30 p.m. and was suspended at 5:25 p.m. due to poor weather. The search commenced again on Tuesday and after the wreckage was located an investigation team was dispatched.

Upon arrival the sheriff said they found no signs such as footprints or written notes that would lead them to believe anyone had walked out. The report was that there were no survivors and the families were notified. They determined that due to the impact there was no way anyone could survive. The sheriff reported that the plane went from “traveling at 100 mph to zero in about 30 to 40 feet.” Searchers tried to recover what was left of the remains, and one body was airlifted from the scene before sunset Tuesday.

Here is the amazing part of this story.

Three passengers survived the crash. They stayed at the crash site until morning until Ken Good died due to his injuries. The two remaining survivors decided to descend to a lower elevation due to the extreme cold (20 degrees Fahrenheit at night) and precipitation with the threat of hypothermia looming.

They were found on September 22, 2004 after surviving a plane crash that investigators found the melted wreckage and pronounced the crash unsurvivable. Both survivors were hospitalized and then released. According to the sheriff, they hiked three miles down a steep incline and through “very, very dense” brush. “Three miles doesn’t sound like much,” he said, “but considering their injuries and the terrain they had to go through, it’s amazing.”

Here are the names, ages and hometowns of the victims and the survivors of this terrible tragedy.

Pilot Jim Long, 60, reportedly tried to push others out of the burning plane before he succumbed to the fire.

Passenger Davita Bryant, 32, of Whitefish, MT also died from the flames.

Ken Good, 58, of Whitefish, MT was pushed out of the plane, but succumbed hours later to burns, shock and a compound fracture to his leg.

Jodee Hogg, 23, of Billings, MT and Matthew Ramige, 30, of Jackson, Wyo., walked out of the woods.

Jewel Basin

After standing on Mount Aeneas in the Jewel Basin in 1919, the Reverend Eugene Cosgrove would give a moving sermon on “The Secret of Wilderness” in Helena, Montana.

He stated:“Hidden away by the Gods, like a necklace of pearls, among the crags and fastness of the [Swan] Mountains, lies the Jewel Basin, the enchanted land of this our Montana. Friends, I have seen the sun set on the minarets of Spain, and make splendid the dome of St. Sophia in Constantinople. I have watched the play of color upon the desert of Egypt, with the Sphinx and pyramids. I have made a trail through the hinterland of the Canadian Rockies, to where the aurora Borealis from the polar skies make the northern night glorious… but for kaleidoscopic lights and shadows, for octaves of tone and color, for unending variety of the moods and forms of Nature, Jewel Basin is the most charmed and charming spot in all the world.”

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The Apgar Range runs northwest from near the West Entrance of Glacier National Park near West Glacier, Montana. It is near the southern end that Apgar Lookout is found. The northern terminus is located at the Camas Creek Entrance Station below Huckleberry Mountain.

The Apgar Range runs northwest from near the West Entrance of Glacier National Park near West Glacier, Montana. It is near the southern end that Apgar Lookout is found. The northern terminus is located at the Camas Creek Entrance Station below Huckleberry Mountain.

The Apgar Range runs northwest from near the West Entrance of Glacier National Park near West Glacier, Montana. It is near the southern end that Apgar Lookout is found. The northern terminus is located at the Camas Creek Entrance Station below Huckleberry Mountain.

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An up-to-date guidebook for this route can be found in Climb Glacier National Park, Routes for Beginning and Intermediate Climbers;Volume 1: Logan Pass, The Garden Wall, and Siyeh Bend. Purchase it when you arrive in northwestern Montana or purchase it on-line at Climb Glacier National Park.